Google is holding a series of meetings in Europe. Meetings are public and open for registration. More information here. Listen here for example to the recording of the Advisory Council’s meeting held in Rome 9 September 2014.
Europe is facing the challenges of implementing the European Court of Justice’s recent decision in the Costeja case, C-131/12 and its “right to be forgotten”. Following the decision, search engines were submerged by requests for removal (see article) and were left with the difficult task of balancing the public right to information and the private […]
Author describes the debate over online privacy. From the article: “Don’t count on government to censor information about you online.” The full text is available at: http://online.wsj…
FTC accused online review site Yelp, Inc., and mobile app developer TinyCo, Inc to have improperly collected children’s information in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. The companies agreed to settle. Yelp will pay a $450,000 civil penalty, while TinyCo will pay a $300,000 civil penalty. Related FTC’s press release here Read more about […]
Apple published a new privacy policy. The company reworked its encryption in a way that prevents anyone but the device’s owner to access the data stored on smartphones, tablets or computers. “Apple cannot bypass your passcode and therefore cannot access this data. So it’s not technically feasible for us to respond to government warrants for the […]
In Melian Labs Inc. v. Triology LLC, case number 4:2013cv04791, a trademark infringement action, plaintiff objected to defendant’s non responsive responses to some of its requests for production. The order of the court (NDCA) is interesting (at least) under two perspectives. First, the order is interesting for the part in which it deals with the […]
On September 16, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) brought a complaint against Yelp Inc for violation of Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule, 16 C.F.R. Part 312. 16 C.F.R. Part 312 applies to any operator of a commercial website or online service that has actual knowledge that it collects, uses, and/or discloses personal information from […]
On September 16, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) brought a complaint against TinyCo Inc for violation of the Commission’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule, 16 C.F.R. Part 312. 16 C.F.R. Part 312 applies to any operator of a commercial website or online service that has actual knowledge that it collects, uses, and/or discloses personal information […]
Conclusion form the article: “The outcome of the current review of Directive 95/46/EC – and of the EU legal framework for data protection more in general – is not yet entirely clear, but its main direction now seems irreversible and well beyond the point of no return. In any case, a few conclusions may be […]
According to Forbes, Home Depot (the nation’s largest home improvement retailer) confirmed on September 8 that its payment data systems had been breached. Reuters reports that five states (California, Connecticut, Illinois, New York and Iowa) have launched a probe into the matter. In addition, according to Reuters, U.S. senators Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal […]